The Persistent Pay Gap between Easterners and Westerners in Germany: A Quarter-century after Reunification.

Autor/inn/en	Dickey, Heather; Widmaier, Alessa M.
Titel	The Persistent Pay Gap between Easterners and Westerners in Germany: A Quarter-century after Reunification. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Das persistente Lohngefälle zwischen Ost und West in Deutschland: Ein Vierteljahrhundert nach der Wiedervereinigung.
Quelle	In: Papers in regional science, 100 (2021) 3, S. 605-631 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1435-5957
DOI	10.1111/pirs.12594
Schlagwörter	Bildungsertrag; Determinante; Einkommensunterschied; Ausdauer; Lohnhöhe; Regionale Herkunft; Regionaler Faktor; Regionaler Vergleich
Abstract	"A quarter of a century after Germany's reunification, Eastern Germans still earn substantially less than Western Germans. This paper revisits the German wage differential and isolates the effect of differing returns to human capital endowments, the possibility of a location effect, and human capital depreciation on the regional wage gap. While the endowment effect, location effect, and human capital depreciation jointly account for the wage differential between Easterners and Westerners living in the West, the same does not hold true for individuals settled in the East, where part of the wage gap remains unexplained." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2021/3